Executive Leadership & Management Program

Improve your leadership and business skills

The many risks and rapid changes businesses face require a different approach. This leads to questions such as: How can I get more out of myself and my organization? How do I create support for strategic choices? Or how can I add new insights to my knowledge and skills to help me lead the transformation? Important questions that require an answer.

The Executive Leadership & Management Program

The Executive Leadership & Management Program combines the best of both worlds: the latest scientific insights and years of practical experience from lecturers, your peers and yourself. We use a 'pressure cooker' method to take your knowledge, insights, and skills to the next level. The program will also give you a new perspective on your organization.

Results Of The Executive Leadership & Management Program:

• You gain a new perspective by looking at management dilemmas from different angles and approaching them from a leadership point of view, to help you become or develop into a responsible leader
• You develop your talent to lead sustainable change, optimization and transformation
• You gain the knowledge, insights and skills to effectively anticipate complex challenges, which will help you make the right strategic decisions
• Time for reflection: the program is interactive; you are encouraged to share ideas with top professors, experts, and peers. You will use other companies and cases to reflect on your—and your company's—situation throughout the program
• You are building a network of like-minded people in senior management

'The program has made me a better leader'

"The Executive Leadership & Management Program has given me new insights and a fantastic network. I have learned how to create a future-proof organization, how to ensure agility, and how to get people on board. The program has made me a better leader."

Alumnus Edwin Boekhorst, Director of Business, Rabobank Apeldoorn e.o.

Program Content

The Executive Leadership & Management Program consists of four modules. Three of these modules are fixed and compulsory. Those are the core modules. These core modules have been developed to grow in the different roles that you fulfill as a senior manager. A core module consists of two blocks of three days each. In addition, a choice is made from one of the two elective modules. These elective modules help you to grow as an effective managerial sparring partner, as a decisive and expert executive or as a business transformation leader. An elective module consists of a block of three days.

The Modules

Core modules
The mandatory core modules are:

• Strategic Leadership module
• Organizational Leadership module
• Personal Leadership module

Elective modules
The optional modules are (a choice is mandatory):

• Leadership & Governance module
• Management Teams & Leadership module

The Executive Leadership & Management Program starts on: 

Single module Leadership & Governance - Tilburg Campus - April 12, 2021
Single module Strategic Leadership- Tilburg Campus - May 17, 2021
Single module Organizational Leadership - Utrecht Campus - September 7, 2021
Single module Management Teams & Leadership - Utrecht Campus - September 20, 2021
Single module Personal Leadership - Tilburg Campus - September 28, 2021
Single module Strategic Leadership- Utrecht Campus - November 2, 2021

Sign-up for the Executive Leadership & Management Program

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Admission requirements

The level of the program is closely related to the level of the participants. Therefore, we apply the following admission requirements:

• a completed bachelor degree
• strategic responsibility in a senior position
• at least 15 years of professional experience, of which 8 years at management level

Participant profile -Executive Leadership & Management Program

The Executive Leadership & Management Program is designed  for  senior managers who want to take the next step to get organizations moving and who are interested in fulfilling a variety of management roles.

The participants include:

• C-Suite
• Senior executives in the second or third echelon of large organizations
• Managing directors or MT members of medium-sized organizations
• Regional directors and country managers
• Senior project managers
• Business Unit directors

Diploma

After completing the total Executive Leadership & Management Program (including the required modules), you will receive a diploma from TIAS School for Business and Society.

Program Fees

The costs for the full Executive Leadership & Management Program are € 19250 (exempt from VAT). This fee includes the opening dinner, literature, lunches, and drinks. Study costs are tax deductible and our program fees are exempt from VAT.

The modules can also be taken in different combinations and/or separately:

• Strategic Leadership module: €7,000.
• Organizational Leadership module: €7,000.
• Personal Leadership module: €7,000.
• Leadership & Governance module: €3,500.
• Management Teams & Leadership module: €3,500.

Financing Options

You can use your personal deduction or the tax deduction for study costs to help finance this program. That way, the tax authorities will pay for part of your education.

You can also use the Geldshop Verantwoord Studie Plan (Responsible Study Plan, in Dutch) or the DUO Levenlanglerenkrediet (Lifelong Learning Credit, in Dutch). See our publication for examples.

Thought leaders from academia and the professional practice are part of Executive Leadership & Management Program’s team of instructors. In addition to top TIAS instructors, experienced (top) managers, leaders, commissioners and administrators will also be sharing their knowledge.